19811221081649A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Vernon, AZ · December 21, 1981

Date
December 21, 1981 · 19:23 local
Place
Vernon, AZ
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6525E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA029
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,105 total47 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into side of cloud and snow shower obscured mountain at night. Was advised of marginal VFR en route.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD AND SNOW SHOWER OBSCURED MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT. WAS ADVISED OF MARGINAL VFR EN ROUTE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.